GES 104 Chapter 8
Which body of water separates the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula?
Adriatic Sea
Where do most immigrants to France originate?
Africa
In 2015, which country in Europe had the highest child mortality rate?
Albania
This European country has a Muslim majority
Albania
What European mountain range is over 500 miles long with peaks reaching 15,000 feet?
Alps
Which capital city is further South than the others?
Athens
Which of the following pairings of climate type and regions in Europe is correct?
Atlantic Coast: maritime climate
Liechtenstein borders
Austria
Vienna is the capital city of
Austria
In which of the following countries are you most likely to meet Flemish speakers?
Belgium
The capital city of Switzerland is...
Bern
The most rural country in Europe, with less than 50% of its population living in urban areas, is
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Which of the following languages is not Romance?
Breton
Which of the following is NOT one of the four seas that encircle Europe? (Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Black Sea)
Caspian Sea
Which of the following is NOT one of the four seas that encircle Europe? (Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea)
Caspian Sea
Following the split between western Christianity and eastern Orthodox churches, what other great split occurred within Christianity in the 16th century?
Catholicism and Protestantism
Manx is a language that belongs in this group
Celtic
This is not one of the cities of the Randstadt
Cologne
Which European city is located in an area with high population density?
Cologne
This country is a neighbor of Slovenia
Croatia
What alphabet is used by Slavic-speaking nations with close ties to the Orthodox Church like Bulgaria and Serbia?
Cyrillic
What is Europe's longest river?
Danube
Until recently in which region of Europe were environmental conditions the worst?
Eastern Europe
In which country of Europe did the Industrial Revolution start?
England
What is the second-most widely spoken Germanic language in Europe?
English
This is a Uralic language
Estonian
What language is spoken by the Basque in Spain and France?
Euskara
The European population is characterized by which stage of the demographic transition?
Fifth
Which of the following languages is not considered as Indo-European?
Finnish
In 2004, the government drew on this country's constitutional separation of state and religion to ban a key symbol of conservative Muslim life —the head scarf (hijab)— for female students in public schools because, officials argued, it interfered with the educational process
France
Which country depends on nuclear power for more than half of its energy needs?
France
Which country of Europe has a large Muslim migrant population?
France
Which of the following languages is NOT Germanic? (German, Gaelic, Norwegian, Flemish, English)
Gaelic
Ninety percent (90%) of Europe's population speak languages from which three groups?
Germanic, Romance, Slavic
Foreigners comprise about 10 % of the population in
Germany
Which country of Europe has the largest population in the region?
Germany
Which nation in Europe has taken in more asylum-seekers than any other over the past five years?
Germany
What small British territory guards the narrow strait between Africa and Europe?
Gibraltar
In 2015, this European country became the focus of the debt crisis
Greece
In recent years, this country has had to deal with an influx of Syrian refugees
Greece
Which European nation is NOT predominately Roman Catholic? (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, France)
Greece
In this country, it's against the law to sell contraceptives
Hungary
This country does not border Switzerland
Hungary
This country does not border Switzerland (Hungary, France, Italy, Austria, Germany)
Hungary
Which Eastern European nation does NOT speak a Slavic language? (Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia or Poland)
Hungary
Portugal is located in
Iberia
Which nation is NOT a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? (Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal)
Ireland
What term was given to the entire border area representing the division of Europe into two separate geopolitical and economic blocs following World War II?
Iron Curtain
In which country will you find Sardinian spoken?
Italy
Which of the following regions is NOT Protestant? (northern Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Italy, Scandinavia)
Italy
This port city is on the Seine
Le Havre
The largest city in Europe is
London
This country is the most vulnerable to sea-level rise
Netherlands
Which country of Europe has the highest population density?
Netherlands
Which country of Europe is primarily located on the European Lowland?
Netherlands
NATO stands for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
In which European country did the tensions between Catholics and Protestants lead to "the Troubles"?
Northern Ireland
In which European country would you find fjords?
Norway
Which nation was once a member of Warsaw Pact?
Poland
Which nation in Europe is generally not affected by acid precipitation?
Portugal
What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France?
Pyrenees
Which European Romance language contains many Slavic words?
Romanian
The northern subregion of Europe is also known as
Scandinavia
Kosovo has been in a protracted conflict with this country
Serbia
Bratislava is the capital city of
Slovakia
Which of the following was never part of Yugoslavia?
Slovakia
Catalonia is a region in which country?
Spain
Which is NOT a major migratory flow within Europe? (Morocco to Spain, Sweden into Ukraine and Russia, Africa into Italy and onward into France and Germany, Turkey, to Greece and onward into Germany, Ukraine into Poland and Slovakia)
Sweden into Ukraine and Russia
Which of the following European countries is NOT a member of the European Union? (Switzerland, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal)
Switzerland
Which of the following countries is not a member of the European Union?
Switzerland
Why have many European countries encouraged immigration of foreign populations in the recent past?
They had low or negative growth, and needed immigrants to fill gaps in their labor force.
Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia were part of the former
Yugoslavia
What is a fjord?
a flooded valley originally carved out by glaciers
What was the Cold War?
an ideological struggle between the United States and the former Soviet Union that lasted from 1946-1991, and included Soviet occupation of several European countries
What term describes the fragmented geopolitical processes involved with small-scale independence movements and the phenomenon of mini-nationalism as it develops along ethnic fault lines?
balkanization
What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Eastern European neighbors?
buffer zone
Currently what is the most urgent environmental issue for Europe?
climate change
Which of the following was a major determinant of the early industrial regions of Europe?
coal
Economic cooperation in Western Europe at the end of World War II centered on what commodity (commodities)?
coal and steel
The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985, meant that
crossing a European border required neither paperwork nor government approval.
The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985, meant that...
crossing a European border required neither paperwork nor government approval.
What is the currency of the European Monetary Union?
euro
Which one of the following is TRUE regarding Europe's population and settlement patterns?
high levels of urbanization
Berlin and Budapest are located within which climate zone?
humid continental
The region known as the Jewish Pale was located...
in cities and villages of the Kingdom of Poland
What is the word for a state policy of reclaiming lost lands or lands inhabited by people of the same ethnicity in another state?
irridentism
Benefits of family-friendly policies include all of the following EXCEPT (guarantees continued employment, nanny services using immigrant labor, extensive child-care facilities, cash subsidies for having children, full-pay maternity leave)
nanny services using immigrant labor
The Rhine, Loire, Thames, Danube and Elbe are all
rivers
A major characteristic of Europe's demography is
very low natural increase
A major characteristic of Europe's demography is...
very low natural increase
